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Demand for women-only motorcycle taxis soars in Indonesian capital

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is seeing a growing number of transportation services catering exclusively to women, offering better security and comfort in the Indonesian capital of 10 million people. Ladyjek, one of the most recent entrants to the female-only taxi services, has seen business take off less than four months after starting operations in the predominately Muslim nation. The company’s motorcycle drivers, sporting bright pink helmets, can easily be ordered using a mobile app. Uki Pratiwi, […]

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Social media etiquette – To post or not to post

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 20) – Social media is nigh ubiquitous in this day and age. And although it is very tempting to post everything and anything that comes to mind, you must know that there is an etiquette that we have to follow and consider before hitting the “post” button. AVOID POSTING NEGATIVE THINGS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Remember that you represent your profile, your business or your profession. Better post something that is […]

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Basura mula sa Canada, nagbigay problema sa Tarlac

Kung tone-toneladang blacksand ang isyu sa Pangasinan, tone-toneladang imported na basura naman ang naging problema sa Tarlac. Basta na lamang kasi itinapon sa Sanitary Landfill ng Capas, Tarlac ang mga basura mula Canada. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Aida Tabamo)

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Pakistanis welcome return of YouTube

Internet users in Pakistan welcomed the return of YouTube on Tuesday (January 19), a day after the government removed a three-year ban on the Google-owned video-sharing website. YouTube has agreed to launch a local version that allows the government to demand removal of material it considers offensive. Pakistan banned access to YouTube in September 2012 after an anti-Islam film, “Innocence of Muslims” was uploaded to the site, sparking violent protests across major cities in the […]

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Eyebrows – the most important feature of your face

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 19) –  Draw an arc under and above. Shade the spaces and brush. This is how you shape the most important feature of your face. Your eyebrows. Eyebrows protects our eyes by preventing sweat and dust from reaching it. Imagine if we do not have eyebrows. Scientist predicted that we could have very thick lashes or the human skull could continue to thrust forward so it would form a ledge above […]

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Parenting – how to know you’re doing it right?

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 19) – Have you encountered someone who is well-disciplined, matured and contented in life? You might notice that they are also the ones who are victorious and have achieved tremendous success.  Wondering the reason how did they come up with that kind of outcome, some people don’t realize that effective and good parenting can largely contributes the success of the child. Periods, commas, question marks and other punctuation are like small particles […]

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El Niño brings intense drought to parts of Colombia

A helicopter flies over the drying out River Magdalena, which is currently experiencing its lowest level since environmental authorities began their measurements 50 years ago, due to an intense drought in Colombia, caused by El Niño phenomenon. Fisherman Gabriel Barreto walks barefoot along the river’s parched and cracked riverbed, which flowed with water six months ago and is the most important in the South American country. Standing in his canoe, Barreto repeatedly throws his net […]

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Islas de Gigantes

Naiisip niyo bang gawing exciting ang inyong 2016? Bakit hindi ninyo i-set ito bilang travel year? At para makatulong sa inyo na nagbabalak libutin ang pilipinas, may isang lugar kaming i-susuggest sa inyo. Saan ito? Tara samahan po ninyo kaming bisitahin ang isa sa pinagmamalaki ng Iloilo, Isla De Gigantes. Ang isla de gigantes ay nasa northeast part ng panay. Nasasakop ito ng bayan ng Carles, Iloilo. May roon itong dalawang malaking isla, ito ang […]

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Cloud Seeding: Its Pros and Cons

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – The El Niño phenomenon currently occurring in the Asia Pacific region –yup, our country’s included—continues to intensify. It started on September 2015, and is expected to endure till the first quarter of this year. Along with the scorching heat, different problems comes along with it, such as lack of rainfall, poor harvests and significantly declined water supply. With these things in consideration, weather modification and manipulation comes into the scene. […]

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Chameleon’s tongue-lashing technique analysed

A tongue lashing you wouldn’t want to be on the end of… especially if you’re this chameleon’s favorite snack. Called Rhampholeon spinosus, it’s small enough to fit on a human thumb. But the rapid recoil of elastic tissues in its tongue when it strikes puts its bigger relatives to shame. Research published in scientific journal Nature on the feeding technique of 20 species of chameleon found smaller ones could project their tongues 2-and-a-half times their […]

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Suitcase of the future

Five Lebanese teenagers have reinvented the traditional suitcase. They’ve designed a ‘smart suitcase’ that follows its owner, giving their invention the name ‘Follow me Suitcase’. It could mean that lost luggage and carrying heavy bags would become a thing of the past. Student Ralph Shalhoub is one of the teenagers involved in the project. He says it was after a trip to Dubai that they came up with the concept. “We are a team of […]

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A pineapple a day!

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 18) – The pineapple may be funny-looking but it has a serious impact on health, and packs a lot health and medicinal benefits including their ability to improve respiratory health, cure coughs and colds, improve digestion, help you lose weight, strengthen bones, improve oral health, boost eye health, reduce inflammation, prevent cancer, increase heart health, fight off infections and parasites, improve the immune system, and increase circulation. The pineapple is a delicious tropical fruit […]

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